Arctic Air (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 11 - The Fall PT.1 - full transcript
Previously on Arctic Air...
So, you and mom...
Looks like we're gonna
try to be together.
- Do you like it?
- I love it.
I can't follow you around
the world forever.
I don't know what else to do.
So, I guess that's it.
Laird flew in some
booze last night
for Kimbo Comstock.
Laird worked for Kimbo?
Kimbo, I have two kids!
I can't be involved in this.
You can't jam on me now.
We're family.
I know you had nothing to do
with the booze in Collins Bay.
Come on. We were
friends once, Bruce.
Screw you.
Really?
You're thinking of
giving up your place?
We've been talking
about it for a while.
I'm spending so much
time at Petra's lately,
it seems like the
next logical step.
Congratulations.
Or condolences?
No, I think it'd be good.
That way I could
take care of Connor.
Petra too.
That sounds noble.
But I'm not hearing
you're in love.
You don't think I should
take care of my family?
No, all I'm saying is,
right decisions get righter,
and wrong decisions get wronger.
If you're going to
bail out, do it now.
I can't do that to them.
Yeah, well,
your call.
You said the cops still
haven't found that guy
who was flying booze in
here for Kimbo, right?
Yeah, Laird.
Kimbo probably told him to
get outta town for good.
Why?
I think somebody's
taken over his route.
Hey, what are you doing?
Saying hello to a
fellow aviator.
We don't know what's
in those crates.
That's exactly
what I'm thinking.
I'm working out a
strategy with the cops
to stop these bootleggers.
Sounds promising.
Let me know when you
get that going.
Evening!
How's it going?
Whatcha bringing in?
Oh, just some stuff
for a friend.
Yeah?
We know pretty much
everybody in Collins Bay.
Who's your friend?
What do you care?
Curious by nature, I guess.
Yeah, well, it killed the cat.
Bugger off.
I don't think so.
Hey!
Hey...
This is my brand.
Mind if I try some?
I don't want no trouble.
Why don't you go ahead
and take that one,
and we'll call it square, huh?
You can't do that!
Take this.
You're done here.
I suggest you get in your plane
and fly back to
wherever you came from,
and tell whatever
maggot you work for
that Mel Ivarson says hello.
Two climbers?
A married couple on
their honeymoon.
They went ice climbing
on Cap Mountain
on their honeymoon?
Guess they wanted to put any
future marital problems
into perspective.
Well, they've sure done that.
Lindsay give you any details?
They set off a personal
locator beacon.
All she had was their
names and coordinates.
Kyle and Zoe.
Is everybody ready to go?
Bobby's picking up Petra.
Dev and Astrid are
loading up the chopper.
Cause we only have five
hours of daylight,
and the sun's been up for
an hour and a half already.
How long to get
there in the 212?
- Couple hours.
- Skids up ASAP.
Let me change, I'll
do the flight plan.
Hey, it's me.
How soon can you guys get here?
10 minutes.
Petra's just getting
somebody to cover her shift.
Well, can she do it on her cell?
We'll be lucky if
we have 45 minutes
to get these climbers
off the mountain
before it gets dark.
- I'll find her.
- Okay, see you here.
Hope you're wearing
long underwear.
Just about froze my ass off
coming back from Inuvik.
Okay, I'll show you the route.
I'm not saying I don't
want to meet them.
So what is the problem
with them visiting?
Come on, Dev,
you know what it means when
parents come to visit.
It implies expectations.
My parents may already have...
expectations.
We should get moving.
No, no, uh, what do you mean?
What, uh, what kind
of expectations?
They may have the
impression that...
we are engaged.
What?
I was on Skype with them,
preparing them for the news
that we had moved in together.
I told them we had
taken a big step,
and my mother assumed
we had gotten engaged.
And you did not correct her?
My father burst into tears.
I'd never seen him cry before.
You will call them right back,
and... and you will tell them.
It was actually
three months ago.
All you have to do is
play along for a week
until they return to Delhi.
Absolutely not.
These are my dreams, Astrid,
to get married, have children...
and if I ever get married,
it won't be to fix some
confusing Skype call.
Okay, you created this
situation, and...
and you will deal with it.
- Are we all set?
- Yes. We are.
Let's get this thing in the air.
He certified you?
After all this time.
I thought he'd never
speak to me again
after I borrowed that plane...
Stole that plane.
Well, he certified me,
so he must think that
I'm a good pilot.
You're no crazier than he was.
Thanks for flying Arctic Air.
A lovely couple with
their grandson.
You're in an awfully good mood.
Am I? Yeah, I guess I am.
Is that why you
certified this lunatic?
Her solo flight was a
little unorthodox,
but she didn't kill anybody.
Can't ask much more than that.
See?
Okay, so, uh,
what's up with you?
CeCe, last night I realized,
I have fire in the belly
and piss in the tank.
I am ready for the next chapter.
Of what?
My life.
I figure, the business
is running smoothly,
Krista has her
Search and Rescue,
doesn't need me anymore,
so I'm ready to start
chapter three.
Which is what?
Answering that, my friend,
is the next great adventure.
Hey, Ivarson!
Kimbo Comstock!
Let me guess, you're
missing some whiskey.
Martin put you up
to this, didn't he?
Bobby has been an
inspiration to all of us.
You two are messing
with the wrong guy.
No, apparently we've got
the right guy this time.
Don't get smart-ass with me,
you geriatric piece of crap.
I will take you apart...
Hey! Hey!
Get the hell off of him!
Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa!
Get him out of here.
Mel...
You are still crazy.
That was great!
I haven't had a good
scrap in years!
Yeah, and now you're done.
Let me take a look at you.
I am definitely
back in the saddle.
That's it. Cap
Mountain dead ahead.
Do you see them?
Nothing yet.
I don't think they're
on the plateau.
Maybe they didn't
make it to the top.
Let's try lower.
I've got 'em.
There, on the side
of the ice face.
In the shadow of that overhang.
But there are more than two.
Bring us around.
I don't know what happened,
but I don't see any ice axes.
They're stuck.
I think one of them is dead.
There's no way
a line will reach them
under that overhang.
Somebody's going to
have to climb down
and bring them up.
We only got 45 minutes
of daylight left.
What are they doing?
I need to talk to them.
If I get any closer,
I could bring the rest
of that cornice down
on top of them.
Hey!
We need help! We can't move!
We're going to have to
come back tomorrow,
first light.
What?
You can't leave them
out here overnight.
They're injured!
I can see that,
but we can't get to
them in the dark.
I need something to write on.
Astrid, I need photos
of everything.
"Can't reach you." Wait,
what does that mean?
No... no, no, no, no, no,
they can't leave us out here
for another night! No,
you can't leave us!
Please! We have people
here who are hurt!
Rachel. Rachel, stop...
No, you can't! We have to
get off this mountain!
There's nothing... there's
nothing we can do!
Please don't leave us!
It's okay. They're coming back.
Sun-up is at 10:03 tomorrow.
The chopper will have to leave
early to re-fuel at Wrigley.
Thanks, but...
I think we've got
bigger problems.
Hey, guys, can you
clear the table?
Astrid's printing photos.
And maps, whatever you can get.
Can you grab CeCe? We're
gonna need ideas.
I'll explain everything
once we're all together.
Okay, but, um...
Well, you'll see.
Tag?
I don't understand.
Why are you here?
I thought you were
staying in Patagonia,
spending Christmas there.
Yeah. That was the plan.
Then I realized
I didn't want to be
there without you.
So...
If you can't leave to
see the world with me,
I figured I'd bring
the world to you.
Oh, come on,
I spent 39 hours on airplanes
figuring out how to say that.
I can't get into this now.
Yeah, right, I'm sorry.
It can wait.
Loreen said that you were
on a Search and Rescue?
Yeah, we're still in
the middle of it.
Krista...
We're set up.
Tag?
Hi!
Are you joining us?
I believe we could
use your help.
I don't get it.
How could you leave
those guys out there?
We didn't have a choice.
The question is
how do we get them
off in the morning.
In five hours of daylight.
That's if they
survive the night.
All right, well, we've
got five ice climbers
stuck on the north face.
We couldn't get to them
using the longline
because they're stuck
under a cornice.
My guess is, somebody already
tried to rescue them.
The cornice is broken off
here, in this wind bowl,
and they've cut ropes on the
right side of the ledge.
It looks like somebody
tried to get down to them
and set off an avalanche.
Tag, you're not a part of this.
To get down to these climbers,
you're gonna have to free climb
down this fracture wall,
and then traverse
all five of them
across an ice face
they obviously can't
cross by themselves.
Look, by tomorrow,
they're gonna be in worse
shape than they are now.
I've got the
experience to do that.
You aren't the only
one who can climb.
It's not about training,
it's about weight.
The ice in the fracture
wall will be unstable.
The more people
we put out there,
the more chance the ice breaks
and we kill everybody.
All right.
How long to get the climbers up?
Wild guess, at least 45
minutes per climber.
Does that include hoisting
them up to the chopper?
I'll start my next traverse
while you guys pull them up.
We can hoist them from there.
Okay, you've got five
climbers to bring up,
not counting a dead one.
That's almost four hours
just to get 'em to the chopper.
Where they won't fit.
There's a nursing
station in Wrigley.
How far away is that?
10 minutes.
After Tag brings them up,
we can take them there
and drop them off.
Leaving him with no
backup on the mountain.
We're gonna have to refuel
with that many trips.
Sounds like you're gonna
need two helicopters.
Which would be fine
if we could find
another helicopter.
Joe has a 210.
What do you think
I've been doing
for the last two hours?
All the private choppers
are helping out
with the flooding down south,
and Trenton's got all
their people on the 737
that went down in
Northern Ontario.
I've got some maybes.
We can't make a plan
based on maybes.
Okay, there is another option.
We could use the DC3,
outfit it as a Medevac.
We've done it before.
Oh, we remember.
We can't land closer
than Wrigley.
How is that going
to save us time?
You're talking about landing
it on the mountain.
I've been looking
at Astrid's photos,
and based on the
scale on the map,
it looks like this should be
a long enough landing run.
Can you do it?
What's the elevation?
About 1600 metres.
We'd need at least 4,000
feet of roll-out.
You mean you wanna land
the plane on skis?
That's what skis are made
for, landing on snow.
On frozen lakes,
not mountain plateaus full
of crevasses and rocks,
and whatever else is
hiding under the snow.
I'd do a short field
landing, minimize my run.
Well, what about take-off?
You're gonna need a
lot more runway!
We could turn the plane around,
go back to our original
landing position,
use the tracks in the
snow for take-off.
I think it's too risky.
It's dangerous.
Nobody should volunteer to go
unless they're prepared
to accept that.
How long will it take
to put on the skis?
It takes five people all day.
We need to leave
here at 7:00 A.M.
To make sure we touch down on
the plateau at first light.
That gives you and
your crew 12 hours.
I don't have a crew!
At least, not one
that can do this.
I remember. I'll
give you a hand.
I've been reading the manual.
Somebody should.
Just tell me what to do.
I'm gonna need you
on the ice tomorrow.
I'll be fine.
Well, if he's staying
up all night,
so am I.
Let's do it, then.
All right, so that means
we still have 12 hours
to outfit the DC-3
as a Medevac.
Can you take point on that?
Look, I know you have
Connor to think about,
so if you want to bow out...
Uh, no, I just,
I need to inventory
your supplies.
And I want to go to the hospital
to pick up some units of blood
because I don't know
what kind of condition
those people are going to be in.
We can take my truck.
Okay.
Um, can you guys show me
what we have in stock?
Excuse me!
We've got a take-out
order for Arctic Air.
Yeah, I'm kind of
busy right now.
Look who it is.
Hey.
Who the hell do you
think you are, huh?
You got a problem, Kimbo?
Yeah, somebody broke
into my storage locker
and smashed 20 cases
of my product.
Maybe it was Ivarson. Word is
he's the one who poured out all
your booze in Collins Bay.
Oh. Maybe you should
ask Martin about it.
We should go.
No, this is something
that I started.
I don't do that kind
of business anymore.
Liar!
Kimbo, stop it!
Or what?
Oh, you're on his side now?
I'm not on anybody's side!
You're dead. Both of you.
Dead.
I wonder which one of us
he'll go after first.
Let's go.
Zoe, right?
Zoe...
Could you check on Marty?
So...
I got you a present.
It's not Christmas yet.
It's a key to my place.
What?
Nothing.
It's great. Thank you.
Do we have an issue?
Definitely not.
Petra...
Why do I feel like you
are always on the verge
of telling me what
you really think?
It just happened so fast.
And I tried to
grab Petra, and...
What kind of vehicle?
Uh... a pick-up truck.
Didn't sound like a diesel.
We might get lucky.
A lot of hit and run drivers
turn themselves in.
Is that what you're
gonna call this?
A hit and run?
That's what it sounds like.
Kimbo threatened me.
So I've heard, but
it's Saturday night,
and there's a lot of
drunk drivers out there.
I think I was the target and
Petra got the worst of it.
Look, we're not gonna
get a conviction
based on assumptions.
Just let us do our job
and we'll see where the
evidence leads, okay?
Bobby!
Hey...
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
But Petra, she's in surgery.
What happened?
Hit and run.
Maybe a drunk driver.
We'll find 'em.
I'll be in touch, all right?
See ya.
What can I do?
I talked to Connor already.
Deanna's gonna pick him up,
and we'll just wait until
Petra's out of surgery.
I'm gonna stay here with you.
I'll... put Blake in
charge of the rescue.
No.
As far as I can tell,
Petra's gonna be okay.
You're the leader. You
have to be there.
Okay,
but I'm gonna stay here until
Deanna and Connor get here.
Thanks.
Blood's in the fridge
for the night.
Are those for the chopper?
So we can re-fuel
on the mountain.
That's one good thing
about this plan.
What are we doing
for a paramedic?
Loreen's making some calls.
You get that first ski on?
Almost.
So, hit and run.
That's all they said?
Yeah, Krista said she'd
call if anything changed.
How are the ribs?
They're fine.
Is Petra gonna be okay?
They'll know more once
she gets out of surgery.
Know where I can
find your brother?
Why?
Oh, you think Kimbo did it.
All I know
is that he threatened
Bobby Martin publicly.
Bobby see who hit him?
Where's Kimbo?
He's innocent.
That's not what I asked you.
I just want to talk to him.
I'm not my brother's keeper.
Call me when he turns up.
Really?
You hit Bobby and Petra
with your truck?
I told you, the
truck was stolen.
Petra's in a coma.
Someone's trying to frame me!
Come on, man.
Cops are all over you now.
I don't care.
I didn't do it.
Russell...
You don't believe me?
I've spent my whole
life believing you.
Right now I'm wondering
if I'm a sucker.
Yeah, I never lost faith in you.
I lost faith last time
we went ice fishing
and put a body in the lake!
Hey.
Hey, any word on Petra?
Deanna and Connor
are with Bobby now.
I talked to the police.
They don't have the resources
to help with the rescue,
but they want us to
keep them informed.
Can you push on Lindsay?
She's on the hit and run.
Any luck finding a paramedic?
Yes, actually,
a friend of Jim
McAllister's named Nazim.
Oh, that's great.
Yeah.
And Jim volunteered
to fill in for Bobby.
They'll both be
here at 6:00 A.M.
Thanks for all your
hard work, everyone.
We've still got a
couple of hours.
Try to get some rest.
And that includes you.
I need a functioning copilot.
Yeah.
Hey...
Thanks for all your help today.
I'm just gonna crash
here if that's okay.
Yeah, sure.
Good night.
Nurse, I'd like an
electrolyte balance, stat.
Bobby...
How is she?
Well, the surgery was successful
in as far as we've
set her fractures
and we stopping the
retro-peritoneal bleeding.
But?
She has a closed-head injury.
Now, we've induced a coma
to allow the swelling
in her brain
to go down,
and once it does,
we'll be able to
better determine
the extent of the damage.
You can see her now if you like.
You guys,
go in.
Tag?
Tag...
Hey.
Wheels up in an hour.
Okay.
Yeah.
- Morning.
- Morning.
Good morning.
Hey, Krista.
How's Petra doing?
Yeah, we're still
waiting to find out.
You must be Nazim.
Thanks for coming on
such short notice.
My pleasure.
I'm just going to be at my desk.
Let me show you our
Medevac setup.
Skis are on, Medevac's set up.
We're fueled, ready to go.
The chopper's already
on its way to Wrigley
so they can top up their tank.
We're going to meet them
on the mountain at sun-up.
Is everybody ready?
You're gonna need heavy
coats in the cockpit.
Mel! Here you go...
Are you all right?
Just a little sore from
my scrap with Kimbo.
So, uh, put your coat on.
Yeah, I will.
On the plane.
No.
I think you should
put it on now.
Dad?
It's just a cracked rib.
If you're in that much
pain, it may be broken.
Yeah, yeah, tape me
up, I'll be fine.
You need to see a doctor
and get some painkillers.
The hell I do.
There's no way you can land
a DC-3 on that mountain
in your condition.
You're putting everybody's
lives in danger.
Mel's the only one
who's ever done anything
like this before.
So what are we gonna do?
I think your daughter
could pull it off.
Yeah.
She can do it.
Uh... you're copilot.
Everybody, let's go.
Dev, you have control.
It'll be another hour
before we get there.
You should try and
get some sleep.
You came back here
to tell me that?
I'm grateful that
you're coming with us.
I figured it was the only way
we'd get a chance to talk.
Tag, you broke up with me.
No, you're wrong.
I didn't have the guts
to break up with you.
So instead I just pulled back
- until I made you say it.
- Still...
Still, it was my choice.
So what's changed?
That's the problem.
Nothing's changed.
I still love you.
I was hoping it would fade,
but it didn't.
Watching you drift away...
was excruciating.
I don't ever want to
feel like that again.
It'll be different this time.
We know each other better.
We can work it out.
The reasons we broke
up are still there.
I...
the point is,
I don't know if I want to
open that wound again.
I mean...
I don't.
You should get some rest.
Charlie-Echo-Tango-Victor-Lima,
this is Whiskey-Echo-Sierra,
come in.
Tango-Victor-Lima,
it looks like the
winds on the plateau
are from the southeast,
not the south,
repeat, from the southeast.
Okay, that means we'll have
crosswind, not headwind.
And it means my calculations for
our landing are not correct.
We will need a longer run.
We picked this landing site
because of the terrain.
We have to stick with it.
We're gonna be tight on approach
so we have maximum
landing distance.
That is a very good plan.
75 feet above the plateau.
I bet you're glad you joined us!
Who gets to do this, huh?
This is not good.
If that wind gets behind them,
they could go over the edge.
Okay, now we see.
They're down.
With no brakes.
Stand by.
Stand by...
Stand by.
Whoa... whoa...
That was awesome.
You are the man.
Blake?
Copy. Epic landing, by the way.
Let's get those people
off the mountain.
We gonna be here long enough
to cover the engines?
If those engines freeze up,
we'll be here till next spring.
Hey.
We're gonna get you out of here.
I'm under the cornice now.
It looks like a second
climber is dead.
How's everybody doing?
Paul's in really rough shape.
Rachel and I, we can't
feel our hands and feet.
All right.
I brought some more equipment.
There's axes and rope in here.
Now, I know you guys
have had a rough night,
so I'm gonna take you out
one at a time, all right?
Why don't you tell
me your names?
Jase.
Rachel.
Paul.
Zoe.
Marty, he, uh,
he died last night.
My husband...
Kyle.
I'm sorry.
So, what happened?
We were almost at the top.
Kyle's ice axe slipped.
He slid...
and took me with him.
Rachel and I were on
top of the cornice.
We heard her yelling,
so we got Marty and Paul
To...
to belay us over the cornice.
The whole thing just broke away.
Then Paul and Marty fell.
We pulled them back up, but
all the gear was gone.
And we didn't find her
beacon till the morning.
You guys have been out
here for two nights?
Yeah.
Okay, well, I've got an
anchor station set up
on the fracture wall.
If it's all right with you guys,
I think I should start
with Paul first.
Okay?
Once we get out from
under the cornice,
I'm going to hook you
up to the hoist line,
and they'll pull you up.
But in order to get there,
I'm gonna need you to do
some of the work, okay?
All right.
Okay, all right.
Okay...
All right, let's get
you out of here.
We found Kimbo's truck.
Where?
Burned outside the sandpits.
So he got rid of the evidence.
Forensics will go over it,
but finding anything we
can use is a long shot.
You haven't found Kimbo yet?
We're looking.
But I don't get
why he'd use a vehicle
you could recognize.
I guess he didn't think I'd
live to talk about it.
Where do you want him?
There.
You got it?
Here you go.
You're gonna get my
friends too, right?
Absolutely.
Wow, there you are, Bruce.
Kimbo?
It's Sunday.
You want a job,
you'll have to come back
during regular business hours.
Oh, cut the crap.
I know you stole my truck.
Now, why would I do that?
To set me up for
that hit and run.
That was you.
50 people saw me eating
over at Bullocks
when that happened.
You got nothing.
Come on.
What, you think I'm stupid?
You hired someone to do it.
You've been playing everybody.
But it's over now.
Yeah, it is.
Alarm company called
me when you broke in.
Figured it would be a good idea to
call the cops before I came by.
Loaded gun.
Empty bottle...
Good thing I'm here
to do the explaining.
- Gun! Gun!
- Get back!
Put the gun down! Now!
Get out of the car, Kimbo!
Kimbo!
Let's go! Let's go!
I can't.
I can't leave him.
Zoe, you said you
wanted to go last,
and now it's time.
No, I can't leave him here.
We'll come back for him.
When?
All right.
I'm not going to lie to you.
We won't be able to take
your husband today.
But once everyone
is at the hospital,
we'll come back for him.
I'll even get him myself.
I promise.
Okay?
I'm sorry, but we gotta go.
I can't... I can't
feel my left hand.
Well, then, you're gonna
have to use your right.
No, no, no...
Hey.
I'm sorry.
No, no...
No!
Here. Come on, I got
you, I got you.
I got you.
Rachel...
Rachel!
Hey, baby...
Thank God...
We're gonna make it.
We're gonna be okay.
Your hands...
They're okay.
So he's got the worst
of the frostbite.
I'll probably have
to put him under.
He's gonna be in agony
when his hands and
feet start to thaw.
How's he doing?
He's in shock.
Blood pressure's low,
and he may lose a couple
of toes, but he's stable.
Base to Lady Lou, do you read?
Uh, five by five, Loreen.
Krista, I'm getting
some crazy reports
about the winds
at your altitude.
You need to load everyone up
and get off that mountain.
Okay, just one more climber.
Shouldn't be long.
Okay.
Just one more
and we can hook up
to the hoist line.
All right?
Okay?
I'm slipping!
Tag! No!
Next Tuesday, the final episode.
Can't hold it off.
They're going over the cliff!
She's buried in an avalanche.
Who's inside?
Everyone!
Arctic Air, series finale,
next Tuesday at 9:00 on CBC.
So, you and mom...
Looks like we're gonna
try to be together.
- Do you like it?
- I love it.
I can't follow you around
the world forever.
I don't know what else to do.
So, I guess that's it.
Laird flew in some
booze last night
for Kimbo Comstock.
Laird worked for Kimbo?
Kimbo, I have two kids!
I can't be involved in this.
You can't jam on me now.
We're family.
I know you had nothing to do
with the booze in Collins Bay.
Come on. We were
friends once, Bruce.
Screw you.
Really?
You're thinking of
giving up your place?
We've been talking
about it for a while.
I'm spending so much
time at Petra's lately,
it seems like the
next logical step.
Congratulations.
Or condolences?
No, I think it'd be good.
That way I could
take care of Connor.
Petra too.
That sounds noble.
But I'm not hearing
you're in love.
You don't think I should
take care of my family?
No, all I'm saying is,
right decisions get righter,
and wrong decisions get wronger.
If you're going to
bail out, do it now.
I can't do that to them.
Yeah, well,
your call.
You said the cops still
haven't found that guy
who was flying booze in
here for Kimbo, right?
Yeah, Laird.
Kimbo probably told him to
get outta town for good.
Why?
I think somebody's
taken over his route.
Hey, what are you doing?
Saying hello to a
fellow aviator.
We don't know what's
in those crates.
That's exactly
what I'm thinking.
I'm working out a
strategy with the cops
to stop these bootleggers.
Sounds promising.
Let me know when you
get that going.
Evening!
How's it going?
Whatcha bringing in?
Oh, just some stuff
for a friend.
Yeah?
We know pretty much
everybody in Collins Bay.
Who's your friend?
What do you care?
Curious by nature, I guess.
Yeah, well, it killed the cat.
Bugger off.
I don't think so.
Hey!
Hey...
This is my brand.
Mind if I try some?
I don't want no trouble.
Why don't you go ahead
and take that one,
and we'll call it square, huh?
You can't do that!
Take this.
You're done here.
I suggest you get in your plane
and fly back to
wherever you came from,
and tell whatever
maggot you work for
that Mel Ivarson says hello.
Two climbers?
A married couple on
their honeymoon.
They went ice climbing
on Cap Mountain
on their honeymoon?
Guess they wanted to put any
future marital problems
into perspective.
Well, they've sure done that.
Lindsay give you any details?
They set off a personal
locator beacon.
All she had was their
names and coordinates.
Kyle and Zoe.
Is everybody ready to go?
Bobby's picking up Petra.
Dev and Astrid are
loading up the chopper.
Cause we only have five
hours of daylight,
and the sun's been up for
an hour and a half already.
How long to get
there in the 212?
- Couple hours.
- Skids up ASAP.
Let me change, I'll
do the flight plan.
Hey, it's me.
How soon can you guys get here?
10 minutes.
Petra's just getting
somebody to cover her shift.
Well, can she do it on her cell?
We'll be lucky if
we have 45 minutes
to get these climbers
off the mountain
before it gets dark.
- I'll find her.
- Okay, see you here.
Hope you're wearing
long underwear.
Just about froze my ass off
coming back from Inuvik.
Okay, I'll show you the route.
I'm not saying I don't
want to meet them.
So what is the problem
with them visiting?
Come on, Dev,
you know what it means when
parents come to visit.
It implies expectations.
My parents may already have...
expectations.
We should get moving.
No, no, uh, what do you mean?
What, uh, what kind
of expectations?
They may have the
impression that...
we are engaged.
What?
I was on Skype with them,
preparing them for the news
that we had moved in together.
I told them we had
taken a big step,
and my mother assumed
we had gotten engaged.
And you did not correct her?
My father burst into tears.
I'd never seen him cry before.
You will call them right back,
and... and you will tell them.
It was actually
three months ago.
All you have to do is
play along for a week
until they return to Delhi.
Absolutely not.
These are my dreams, Astrid,
to get married, have children...
and if I ever get married,
it won't be to fix some
confusing Skype call.
Okay, you created this
situation, and...
and you will deal with it.
- Are we all set?
- Yes. We are.
Let's get this thing in the air.
He certified you?
After all this time.
I thought he'd never
speak to me again
after I borrowed that plane...
Stole that plane.
Well, he certified me,
so he must think that
I'm a good pilot.
You're no crazier than he was.
Thanks for flying Arctic Air.
A lovely couple with
their grandson.
You're in an awfully good mood.
Am I? Yeah, I guess I am.
Is that why you
certified this lunatic?
Her solo flight was a
little unorthodox,
but she didn't kill anybody.
Can't ask much more than that.
See?
Okay, so, uh,
what's up with you?
CeCe, last night I realized,
I have fire in the belly
and piss in the tank.
I am ready for the next chapter.
Of what?
My life.
I figure, the business
is running smoothly,
Krista has her
Search and Rescue,
doesn't need me anymore,
so I'm ready to start
chapter three.
Which is what?
Answering that, my friend,
is the next great adventure.
Hey, Ivarson!
Kimbo Comstock!
Let me guess, you're
missing some whiskey.
Martin put you up
to this, didn't he?
Bobby has been an
inspiration to all of us.
You two are messing
with the wrong guy.
No, apparently we've got
the right guy this time.
Don't get smart-ass with me,
you geriatric piece of crap.
I will take you apart...
Hey! Hey!
Get the hell off of him!
Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa!
Get him out of here.
Mel...
You are still crazy.
That was great!
I haven't had a good
scrap in years!
Yeah, and now you're done.
Let me take a look at you.
I am definitely
back in the saddle.
That's it. Cap
Mountain dead ahead.
Do you see them?
Nothing yet.
I don't think they're
on the plateau.
Maybe they didn't
make it to the top.
Let's try lower.
I've got 'em.
There, on the side
of the ice face.
In the shadow of that overhang.
But there are more than two.
Bring us around.
I don't know what happened,
but I don't see any ice axes.
They're stuck.
I think one of them is dead.
There's no way
a line will reach them
under that overhang.
Somebody's going to
have to climb down
and bring them up.
We only got 45 minutes
of daylight left.
What are they doing?
I need to talk to them.
If I get any closer,
I could bring the rest
of that cornice down
on top of them.
Hey!
We need help! We can't move!
We're going to have to
come back tomorrow,
first light.
What?
You can't leave them
out here overnight.
They're injured!
I can see that,
but we can't get to
them in the dark.
I need something to write on.
Astrid, I need photos
of everything.
"Can't reach you." Wait,
what does that mean?
No... no, no, no, no, no,
they can't leave us out here
for another night! No,
you can't leave us!
Please! We have people
here who are hurt!
Rachel. Rachel, stop...
No, you can't! We have to
get off this mountain!
There's nothing... there's
nothing we can do!
Please don't leave us!
It's okay. They're coming back.
Sun-up is at 10:03 tomorrow.
The chopper will have to leave
early to re-fuel at Wrigley.
Thanks, but...
I think we've got
bigger problems.
Hey, guys, can you
clear the table?
Astrid's printing photos.
And maps, whatever you can get.
Can you grab CeCe? We're
gonna need ideas.
I'll explain everything
once we're all together.
Okay, but, um...
Well, you'll see.
Tag?
I don't understand.
Why are you here?
I thought you were
staying in Patagonia,
spending Christmas there.
Yeah. That was the plan.
Then I realized
I didn't want to be
there without you.
So...
If you can't leave to
see the world with me,
I figured I'd bring
the world to you.
Oh, come on,
I spent 39 hours on airplanes
figuring out how to say that.
I can't get into this now.
Yeah, right, I'm sorry.
It can wait.
Loreen said that you were
on a Search and Rescue?
Yeah, we're still in
the middle of it.
Krista...
We're set up.
Tag?
Hi!
Are you joining us?
I believe we could
use your help.
I don't get it.
How could you leave
those guys out there?
We didn't have a choice.
The question is
how do we get them
off in the morning.
In five hours of daylight.
That's if they
survive the night.
All right, well, we've
got five ice climbers
stuck on the north face.
We couldn't get to them
using the longline
because they're stuck
under a cornice.
My guess is, somebody already
tried to rescue them.
The cornice is broken off
here, in this wind bowl,
and they've cut ropes on the
right side of the ledge.
It looks like somebody
tried to get down to them
and set off an avalanche.
Tag, you're not a part of this.
To get down to these climbers,
you're gonna have to free climb
down this fracture wall,
and then traverse
all five of them
across an ice face
they obviously can't
cross by themselves.
Look, by tomorrow,
they're gonna be in worse
shape than they are now.
I've got the
experience to do that.
You aren't the only
one who can climb.
It's not about training,
it's about weight.
The ice in the fracture
wall will be unstable.
The more people
we put out there,
the more chance the ice breaks
and we kill everybody.
All right.
How long to get the climbers up?
Wild guess, at least 45
minutes per climber.
Does that include hoisting
them up to the chopper?
I'll start my next traverse
while you guys pull them up.
We can hoist them from there.
Okay, you've got five
climbers to bring up,
not counting a dead one.
That's almost four hours
just to get 'em to the chopper.
Where they won't fit.
There's a nursing
station in Wrigley.
How far away is that?
10 minutes.
After Tag brings them up,
we can take them there
and drop them off.
Leaving him with no
backup on the mountain.
We're gonna have to refuel
with that many trips.
Sounds like you're gonna
need two helicopters.
Which would be fine
if we could find
another helicopter.
Joe has a 210.
What do you think
I've been doing
for the last two hours?
All the private choppers
are helping out
with the flooding down south,
and Trenton's got all
their people on the 737
that went down in
Northern Ontario.
I've got some maybes.
We can't make a plan
based on maybes.
Okay, there is another option.
We could use the DC3,
outfit it as a Medevac.
We've done it before.
Oh, we remember.
We can't land closer
than Wrigley.
How is that going
to save us time?
You're talking about landing
it on the mountain.
I've been looking
at Astrid's photos,
and based on the
scale on the map,
it looks like this should be
a long enough landing run.
Can you do it?
What's the elevation?
About 1600 metres.
We'd need at least 4,000
feet of roll-out.
You mean you wanna land
the plane on skis?
That's what skis are made
for, landing on snow.
On frozen lakes,
not mountain plateaus full
of crevasses and rocks,
and whatever else is
hiding under the snow.
I'd do a short field
landing, minimize my run.
Well, what about take-off?
You're gonna need a
lot more runway!
We could turn the plane around,
go back to our original
landing position,
use the tracks in the
snow for take-off.
I think it's too risky.
It's dangerous.
Nobody should volunteer to go
unless they're prepared
to accept that.
How long will it take
to put on the skis?
It takes five people all day.
We need to leave
here at 7:00 A.M.
To make sure we touch down on
the plateau at first light.
That gives you and
your crew 12 hours.
I don't have a crew!
At least, not one
that can do this.
I remember. I'll
give you a hand.
I've been reading the manual.
Somebody should.
Just tell me what to do.
I'm gonna need you
on the ice tomorrow.
I'll be fine.
Well, if he's staying
up all night,
so am I.
Let's do it, then.
All right, so that means
we still have 12 hours
to outfit the DC-3
as a Medevac.
Can you take point on that?
Look, I know you have
Connor to think about,
so if you want to bow out...
Uh, no, I just,
I need to inventory
your supplies.
And I want to go to the hospital
to pick up some units of blood
because I don't know
what kind of condition
those people are going to be in.
We can take my truck.
Okay.
Um, can you guys show me
what we have in stock?
Excuse me!
We've got a take-out
order for Arctic Air.
Yeah, I'm kind of
busy right now.
Look who it is.
Hey.
Who the hell do you
think you are, huh?
You got a problem, Kimbo?
Yeah, somebody broke
into my storage locker
and smashed 20 cases
of my product.
Maybe it was Ivarson. Word is
he's the one who poured out all
your booze in Collins Bay.
Oh. Maybe you should
ask Martin about it.
We should go.
No, this is something
that I started.
I don't do that kind
of business anymore.
Liar!
Kimbo, stop it!
Or what?
Oh, you're on his side now?
I'm not on anybody's side!
You're dead. Both of you.
Dead.
I wonder which one of us
he'll go after first.
Let's go.
Zoe, right?
Zoe...
Could you check on Marty?
So...
I got you a present.
It's not Christmas yet.
It's a key to my place.
What?
Nothing.
It's great. Thank you.
Do we have an issue?
Definitely not.
Petra...
Why do I feel like you
are always on the verge
of telling me what
you really think?
It just happened so fast.
And I tried to
grab Petra, and...
What kind of vehicle?
Uh... a pick-up truck.
Didn't sound like a diesel.
We might get lucky.
A lot of hit and run drivers
turn themselves in.
Is that what you're
gonna call this?
A hit and run?
That's what it sounds like.
Kimbo threatened me.
So I've heard, but
it's Saturday night,
and there's a lot of
drunk drivers out there.
I think I was the target and
Petra got the worst of it.
Look, we're not gonna
get a conviction
based on assumptions.
Just let us do our job
and we'll see where the
evidence leads, okay?
Bobby!
Hey...
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
But Petra, she's in surgery.
What happened?
Hit and run.
Maybe a drunk driver.
We'll find 'em.
I'll be in touch, all right?
See ya.
What can I do?
I talked to Connor already.
Deanna's gonna pick him up,
and we'll just wait until
Petra's out of surgery.
I'm gonna stay here with you.
I'll... put Blake in
charge of the rescue.
No.
As far as I can tell,
Petra's gonna be okay.
You're the leader. You
have to be there.
Okay,
but I'm gonna stay here until
Deanna and Connor get here.
Thanks.
Blood's in the fridge
for the night.
Are those for the chopper?
So we can re-fuel
on the mountain.
That's one good thing
about this plan.
What are we doing
for a paramedic?
Loreen's making some calls.
You get that first ski on?
Almost.
So, hit and run.
That's all they said?
Yeah, Krista said she'd
call if anything changed.
How are the ribs?
They're fine.
Is Petra gonna be okay?
They'll know more once
she gets out of surgery.
Know where I can
find your brother?
Why?
Oh, you think Kimbo did it.
All I know
is that he threatened
Bobby Martin publicly.
Bobby see who hit him?
Where's Kimbo?
He's innocent.
That's not what I asked you.
I just want to talk to him.
I'm not my brother's keeper.
Call me when he turns up.
Really?
You hit Bobby and Petra
with your truck?
I told you, the
truck was stolen.
Petra's in a coma.
Someone's trying to frame me!
Come on, man.
Cops are all over you now.
I don't care.
I didn't do it.
Russell...
You don't believe me?
I've spent my whole
life believing you.
Right now I'm wondering
if I'm a sucker.
Yeah, I never lost faith in you.
I lost faith last time
we went ice fishing
and put a body in the lake!
Hey.
Hey, any word on Petra?
Deanna and Connor
are with Bobby now.
I talked to the police.
They don't have the resources
to help with the rescue,
but they want us to
keep them informed.
Can you push on Lindsay?
She's on the hit and run.
Any luck finding a paramedic?
Yes, actually,
a friend of Jim
McAllister's named Nazim.
Oh, that's great.
Yeah.
And Jim volunteered
to fill in for Bobby.
They'll both be
here at 6:00 A.M.
Thanks for all your
hard work, everyone.
We've still got a
couple of hours.
Try to get some rest.
And that includes you.
I need a functioning copilot.
Yeah.
Hey...
Thanks for all your help today.
I'm just gonna crash
here if that's okay.
Yeah, sure.
Good night.
Nurse, I'd like an
electrolyte balance, stat.
Bobby...
How is she?
Well, the surgery was successful
in as far as we've
set her fractures
and we stopping the
retro-peritoneal bleeding.
But?
She has a closed-head injury.
Now, we've induced a coma
to allow the swelling
in her brain
to go down,
and once it does,
we'll be able to
better determine
the extent of the damage.
You can see her now if you like.
You guys,
go in.
Tag?
Tag...
Hey.
Wheels up in an hour.
Okay.
Yeah.
- Morning.
- Morning.
Good morning.
Hey, Krista.
How's Petra doing?
Yeah, we're still
waiting to find out.
You must be Nazim.
Thanks for coming on
such short notice.
My pleasure.
I'm just going to be at my desk.
Let me show you our
Medevac setup.
Skis are on, Medevac's set up.
We're fueled, ready to go.
The chopper's already
on its way to Wrigley
so they can top up their tank.
We're going to meet them
on the mountain at sun-up.
Is everybody ready?
You're gonna need heavy
coats in the cockpit.
Mel! Here you go...
Are you all right?
Just a little sore from
my scrap with Kimbo.
So, uh, put your coat on.
Yeah, I will.
On the plane.
No.
I think you should
put it on now.
Dad?
It's just a cracked rib.
If you're in that much
pain, it may be broken.
Yeah, yeah, tape me
up, I'll be fine.
You need to see a doctor
and get some painkillers.
The hell I do.
There's no way you can land
a DC-3 on that mountain
in your condition.
You're putting everybody's
lives in danger.
Mel's the only one
who's ever done anything
like this before.
So what are we gonna do?
I think your daughter
could pull it off.
Yeah.
She can do it.
Uh... you're copilot.
Everybody, let's go.
Dev, you have control.
It'll be another hour
before we get there.
You should try and
get some sleep.
You came back here
to tell me that?
I'm grateful that
you're coming with us.
I figured it was the only way
we'd get a chance to talk.
Tag, you broke up with me.
No, you're wrong.
I didn't have the guts
to break up with you.
So instead I just pulled back
- until I made you say it.
- Still...
Still, it was my choice.
So what's changed?
That's the problem.
Nothing's changed.
I still love you.
I was hoping it would fade,
but it didn't.
Watching you drift away...
was excruciating.
I don't ever want to
feel like that again.
It'll be different this time.
We know each other better.
We can work it out.
The reasons we broke
up are still there.
I...
the point is,
I don't know if I want to
open that wound again.
I mean...
I don't.
You should get some rest.
Charlie-Echo-Tango-Victor-Lima,
this is Whiskey-Echo-Sierra,
come in.
Tango-Victor-Lima,
it looks like the
winds on the plateau
are from the southeast,
not the south,
repeat, from the southeast.
Okay, that means we'll have
crosswind, not headwind.
And it means my calculations for
our landing are not correct.
We will need a longer run.
We picked this landing site
because of the terrain.
We have to stick with it.
We're gonna be tight on approach
so we have maximum
landing distance.
That is a very good plan.
75 feet above the plateau.
I bet you're glad you joined us!
Who gets to do this, huh?
This is not good.
If that wind gets behind them,
they could go over the edge.
Okay, now we see.
They're down.
With no brakes.
Stand by.
Stand by...
Stand by.
Whoa... whoa...
That was awesome.
You are the man.
Blake?
Copy. Epic landing, by the way.
Let's get those people
off the mountain.
We gonna be here long enough
to cover the engines?
If those engines freeze up,
we'll be here till next spring.
Hey.
We're gonna get you out of here.
I'm under the cornice now.
It looks like a second
climber is dead.
How's everybody doing?
Paul's in really rough shape.
Rachel and I, we can't
feel our hands and feet.
All right.
I brought some more equipment.
There's axes and rope in here.
Now, I know you guys
have had a rough night,
so I'm gonna take you out
one at a time, all right?
Why don't you tell
me your names?
Jase.
Rachel.
Paul.
Zoe.
Marty, he, uh,
he died last night.
My husband...
Kyle.
I'm sorry.
So, what happened?
We were almost at the top.
Kyle's ice axe slipped.
He slid...
and took me with him.
Rachel and I were on
top of the cornice.
We heard her yelling,
so we got Marty and Paul
To...
to belay us over the cornice.
The whole thing just broke away.
Then Paul and Marty fell.
We pulled them back up, but
all the gear was gone.
And we didn't find her
beacon till the morning.
You guys have been out
here for two nights?
Yeah.
Okay, well, I've got an
anchor station set up
on the fracture wall.
If it's all right with you guys,
I think I should start
with Paul first.
Okay?
Once we get out from
under the cornice,
I'm going to hook you
up to the hoist line,
and they'll pull you up.
But in order to get there,
I'm gonna need you to do
some of the work, okay?
All right.
Okay, all right.
Okay...
All right, let's get
you out of here.
We found Kimbo's truck.
Where?
Burned outside the sandpits.
So he got rid of the evidence.
Forensics will go over it,
but finding anything we
can use is a long shot.
You haven't found Kimbo yet?
We're looking.
But I don't get
why he'd use a vehicle
you could recognize.
I guess he didn't think I'd
live to talk about it.
Where do you want him?
There.
You got it?
Here you go.
You're gonna get my
friends too, right?
Absolutely.
Wow, there you are, Bruce.
Kimbo?
It's Sunday.
You want a job,
you'll have to come back
during regular business hours.
Oh, cut the crap.
I know you stole my truck.
Now, why would I do that?
To set me up for
that hit and run.
That was you.
50 people saw me eating
over at Bullocks
when that happened.
You got nothing.
Come on.
What, you think I'm stupid?
You hired someone to do it.
You've been playing everybody.
But it's over now.
Yeah, it is.
Alarm company called
me when you broke in.
Figured it would be a good idea to
call the cops before I came by.
Loaded gun.
Empty bottle...
Good thing I'm here
to do the explaining.
- Gun! Gun!
- Get back!
Put the gun down! Now!
Get out of the car, Kimbo!
Kimbo!
Let's go! Let's go!
I can't.
I can't leave him.
Zoe, you said you
wanted to go last,
and now it's time.
No, I can't leave him here.
We'll come back for him.
When?
All right.
I'm not going to lie to you.
We won't be able to take
your husband today.
But once everyone
is at the hospital,
we'll come back for him.
I'll even get him myself.
I promise.
Okay?
I'm sorry, but we gotta go.
I can't... I can't
feel my left hand.
Well, then, you're gonna
have to use your right.
No, no, no...
Hey.
I'm sorry.
No, no...
No!
Here. Come on, I got
you, I got you.
I got you.
Rachel...
Rachel!
Hey, baby...
Thank God...
We're gonna make it.
We're gonna be okay.
Your hands...
They're okay.
So he's got the worst
of the frostbite.
I'll probably have
to put him under.
He's gonna be in agony
when his hands and
feet start to thaw.
How's he doing?
He's in shock.
Blood pressure's low,
and he may lose a couple
of toes, but he's stable.
Base to Lady Lou, do you read?
Uh, five by five, Loreen.
Krista, I'm getting
some crazy reports
about the winds
at your altitude.
You need to load everyone up
and get off that mountain.
Okay, just one more climber.
Shouldn't be long.
Okay.
Just one more
and we can hook up
to the hoist line.
All right?
Okay?
I'm slipping!
Tag! No!
Next Tuesday, the final episode.
Can't hold it off.
They're going over the cliff!
She's buried in an avalanche.
Who's inside?
Everyone!
Arctic Air, series finale,
next Tuesday at 9:00 on CBC.